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Blog Posts in September 2008

For those of you that attended the Cervical-Cranio-Mandibular Restoration course in Chandler, Arizona, last weekend there was some confusion on the correct guidelines for a patient with a Right TMCC pattern. To obtain the updated handout that corresponds with the course, click here!

For those planning to attend our Impingement & Instability course in Minneapolis…October 10th will be the last day to reserve a hotel room at our discounted rate. Please call the hotel at (952) 854-1000 and ask to reserve your room in the block for “Impingement Course”.

James Anderson, PRC and staff at The Rejuevantion Center have been busy wrting case reports based on common diagnosis. This case report discusses severe hip pain covering the patient’s history, diagnosis, assessment and the treatment techniques used. This is a great resource for clinicians to use when educating the general public on how Postural Restoration is used in treatment. To access this complete case study, click here!

We are often asked for evidence based articles supporting PRI. The “evidence” is there, but going to all the sources as they presently exist, hasn’t been put together for the general public…yet! A while back, upon request, Ron Hruska wrote an explanation on his view of evidence based material as it relates to PRI. Please read!

A while back James Anderson, PT, PRC, was interviewed by Omaha Living onPostural Restoration. This video is an excellent resource for clinicians to use when explaining to patients and other health care professionals what Postural Restoration is. To access the video, click here!

When treating the geriatric population or someone with acute pain, we modify our testing and treatment all the time. You can take several of the sidelying activities and modify them to aseated position. This is an example of a modified Sidelying Adductor Pull Back. Because of the patients inability to get on and off the floor, the therapist has instructed this activity in a seated position. What’s even more beneficial to this modified seated position is the ability for the patient to isolate just the left adductors by placing her right hand medially to the left knee. With verbal cues for the patient to “press their left knee into their right hand”, they isolate just the left adductors without right adductor involvement. To access the complete handout, click here!

We have updated the page discussing Recommended TMJ Splints. This handout provides a great reference for mandibular and maxillary splints and the benefits of both. We have now added discussion regarding permissive and directive splints and the considerations that need to take place before using both. To access our updated handout on PRI Recommended TMJ Proprioceptive Occlusal Splints, click here!

October 4th is the date for our one day clinical course, Postural Restoration, in Sioux City, Iowa. Please join us at Sioux City Physical Therapy to discuss concepts covered in Myokinematic Restoration. Topics of interest include but are not limited to, objective tests and measurements, manual and non-manual techniques, exercise progression and patient populations including AIC, BC and PEC patients.

Understanding Postural Symmetry to Improve Performance and Prevent Injury is the latest article written by Lori Thomsen, PT, PRC. This article addresses postural asymmetries of the cycling athlete that lead to pain and dysfunction. This article is one of a four part series that will be written by the staff at the Hruska Clinic for a local company called Performance Conditioning Inc. Check out this article here!